Our Year in Photos

You know that old saying... "It's just like riding a bike." Well, unless you're Donna Dare,  roller skating is NOT like riding a bike. When I was a kid, every Saturday morning I would put on my hot pink spandex pants and my tie dyed shirt tied in a knot at the side, with my hair crimped up in a side pony tail and we would head out to Great Skates.  We had so much fun, and I was pretty good!  We would skate for hours!! Flash forward 20 years later, and we have a new rink called Hot Skates... except it's like I had never skated in my life!!   I fell...I tripped...and I couldn't remember how to stop... unless I hit a wall! I lasted about 10 minutes. My Mom, on the other hand, laced up her skates and was off!! She was zooming around the rink...skating forwards, backwards, high, and low!! My 50 something year old Mother completely out skated us all!! She's super annoying...and I mean that in the nicest possible way :) ...

Gender Reveal for Kassie and the most stubborn baby I've ever had to scan.... "The ring" said she was having a girl, and anyone who knows me knows how much stock I put in this test. I would trust the ring over the ultrasound! So after an hour of scanning, and this baby doing everything in its power to block me from seeing its "parts", I was 80% sure I could tell. IT'S A BOY?????? Is the ring wrong?? I know...I have issues :) I guess we'll find out for sure when this baby is born!!! Can't wait to meet him Kass!!!   Or maybe I can't wait to meet her?!?!

Superhero and Princess Birthday Party!! Happy Birthday Carter and Nolan :)

The blizzard of 2014. A foot of snow in less than 24 hours, followed by record low temps and the city completely shut down for 3 days!  The kids were out of school for an entire week, and a week later, we're just now truly getting all the snow off the roads. My Starbucks was closed for 4 days, and I went through serious withdrawals. Not even kidding, and yes, I realize that's kinda sad. Temps here dropped to -30's...something I don't ever remember happening in Indiana! It made for beautiful pictures and we had a blast playing in it, but I am sooo ready to start planting spring flowers and a vegetable garden, and to feel the warm sun on my skin, and to be playing with baby chicks in the yard with my boys... And not to be negative Nancy or anything (I totally am)  but I'm about to lose my ever loving mind in this rental house... I've noticed my patience is running at an all time low these days and I'm frustrated at things that would typically no...